page_title: 1926 International Pageant of Pulchritude
hierarchical_section_title: 1926 International Pageant of Pulchritude
caption_attribution_description: Publicity photo of Catherine Moylan for Argentinean Magazine. (Printed in USA)
context_page_description: The First International Pageant of Pulchritude and Seventh Annual Bathing Girl Revue, was a beauty pageant held from May 15 to May 17, 1926, in Galveston, Texas. The previous editions of the Galveston Bathing Girl Revue had only featured contestants from the United States. However, during the 1926 event, one contestant from Mexico and another from Canada entered, giving the pageant its first international competitors. It was reported that around 160,000 people watched the bathing costume parade on the afternoon of the 16th.
  Miss Dallas, Catherine Moylan, won the event, becoming the first Beauty Queen of the Universe.
context_section_description: The First International Pageant of Pulchritude and Seventh Annual Bathing Girl Revue, was a beauty pageant held from May 15 to May 17, 1926, in Galveston, Texas. The previous editions of the Galveston Bathing Girl Revue had only featured contestants from the United States. However, during the 1926 event, one contestant from Mexico and another from Canada entered, giving the pageant its first international competitors. It was reported that around 160,000 people watched the bathing costume parade on the afternoon of the 16th.
  Miss Dallas, Catherine Moylan, won the event, becoming the first Beauty Queen of the Universe.
caption: "Beauty Queen of the Universe" Catherine Moylan
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